Self-Deception and the Jihad http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/270812 When it comes to the jihadi threat, we’re now way beyond willful blindness. ‘All warfare is based upon deception,” instructed Sun Tzu, the great Chinese military strategist of the 6th century B.C. But when it comes to the Global Jihad of the 21st century, the extent to which we in […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/270816 The Tea Party Supervises the GOP As budget talks heat up, activists are keeping a close eye on Congress. As lawmakers in Washington work to negotiate a deal on the debt ceiling, leaders of the tea-party movement have a message for Republicans: You are being watched. In the wake of what many consider an […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/hamas-on-campus/?singlepage=true On May 9th, the president of the Jewish Federation & Family Services of Orange County, California (JFOC), Shalom Elcott, was loitering on the plaza during the first day of anti-Israel “Apartheid Awareness Week,” organized by the Muslim Student Union (MSU) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). There, he encountered Professor Amihai Glazer. Glazer […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2011/06/29/perry-takes-on-holder-and-the-gaza-flotilla/ Perry Takes on Holder and the Gaza Flotilla He hasn’t declared his candidacy yet, but Texas Governor Rick Perry pulled on his cowboy boots and waded into the presidential area of foreign affairs this week, sending a strongly worded letter to Eric Holder urging the attorney general to investigate violations of U. S. law […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304314404576414832984660302.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_world BEIJING—China pledged further investments in war-torn Sudan’s oil and gas reserves at the start of a state visit to Beijing by President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes. Ahead of Sudan’s planned north-south split next month, China, an influential supporter and a major oil buyer, is […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303763404576416191709848746.html?mod=WSJ_article_LatestHeadlines The Obama administration said Wednesday that al Qaeda and its acolytes—including radicalized Americans—remained the “preeminent security threat to the United States” even after the death last month of Osama bin Laden. In its first formal document on counterterrorism strategy, the administration said direct attacks on the homeland by foreigners or homegrown militants were its […]
Republicans and the Thatcher Legacy Mitt Romney has adapted her ‘Labour Isn’t Working’ slogan, but would he emulate her steely leadership? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576414234208381582.html?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn_Opinion In 1978, with the British economy in crisis and unemployment hovering at 1.5 million, or 5.1% of the working-age population, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Party turned to its advertising gurus, Charles and Maurice Saatchi, […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304314404576413943178618516.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop If it’s Thursday it must mean that Europe is out with another scheme to delay its eventual reckoning with Greek insolvency. This one comes courtesy of France and is, no surprise, tailor-made to help French and German banks. Unfortunately it leaves Greece in a worse fiscal position and increases risk to European taxpayers and […]
Hugo Chavez back on TV after surgery in Cuba http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9O5KH100&show_article=1 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Hugo Chavez has reappeared in photos and videos on state television, chatting with Fidel Castro in Cuba after a prolonged seclusion following surgery that has left Venezuelans guessing about their president’s health.The images aired Tuesday night were the first to be […]
http://bigpeace.com/dwest/2011/06/30/chinese-crackdown-docs-leaked-to-danish-paper/ —It’s not that anyone believes Chinese dictator — sorry, “premier” — Wen Jiabao when he says, as in London this week, “tomorrow’s China will be a country that fully achieves democracy, the rule of law, fairness and justice.” Obviously, this is just the sugar to make the medicine go down. But the economic prostration […]
